http://www.france24.com/en/20161020-french-police-defy-government-growing-protest-lawlessnessIn Paris on Thursday night, around 400 off-duty officers protested at the Place de la République and Champs Elysées avenue, the third night of protests this week.
The demonstrations have spread to other cities, with impromptu protests taking place overnight in Bordeaux, Nancy and Toulouse.
Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed to boost security at airports, train stations and schools after a string of militant Islamist attacks in which more than 230 people have died in the past two years.
Police unions, which have already met with Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, are calling for fixed minimum sentences for attacks on the police.
Hollande said early Friday that he planned to meet with police union leaders at the start of next week.
While police officers are allowed to protest like anybody else under French law, codes of conduct for law enforcement employees prohibit them from doing so during work hours, or with the use of police equipment such as official cars and uniforms.
http://www.kurv.com/protesting-paris-police-officers-say-theyre-fed-up/(AP) – Police officers in Paris have demonstrated for a fourth straight night over a lack of equipment and rising violence against them.
Hundreds of police officers, some of them wearing ski masks, took to the streets of Paris and several other cities Thursday night.
http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/19/at-boiling-point-fustrated-french-police-officers-stage-illegal-protestsThe French are known for staging impressive protests, going on strike and rallying against alleged injustices. So ‘what’s new?’ would be a fair response to this week’s police demonstrations across some of France’s larger cities.
What’s new?
So what is new? Quite a lot, actually. This time the police are the ones protesting, in uniform and, often, using police vehicles. This, as Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve pointed out, is effectively illegal.
“Demonstrating with police cars and revolving blue lights… is not in conformity with the code of ethics of the police in the French Republic,” he told the Senate.
media
France 24 - French police persist with unauthorised protestsPARIS : LA POLICE INSTALLE SON NUIT DEBOUT SUR LES CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES PARIS 20/10/2016 • LA POLICE PÈTE UN PLOMB ET MARCHE VERS L'ÉLYSÉE (best footage)
some summarized context, since the terrorist attacks last year, france has been in an emergency state. police agents have had to go through extended work hours to make sure tourist areas have been safe, as well as high-density populated areas. recently, in a migrant/refuge-populated suburb, two (four ended up being injured) police officers were attacked with molotov roostertails, and badly injured. since then, police agents all over france have been protesting
here's the news story for that
http://www.france24.com/en/20161009-french-police-injured-molotov-roostertail-attack-paris-suburbalso not sure if this video of police agents interacting with the refugee is related or recent or not, but i found it while looking into this
http://webmshare.com/XG1maList of "Police Riots" since the incident:
18/10/16
Marseille
Nice
Toulouse
19/10/2016
La Roche-sur-Yon et les Sables-d’Olonne
Calais
Angoulême
Forbach
Marseille
Toulouse
Tours
Strasbourg
Toulon
Montbéliard
Nantes
Rennes
Béziers
Grenoble
Le Mans
Nancy
Clermont-Ferrand
Paris
Lyon
Bordeaux
Montpellier
Boulogne-sur-Mer
20/10/2016
Toulon
Menton
Marseille
Melun
Tarbes
Orléans
Montargis
Besançon
Reims
Evry
Bobigny
Colmar
Lyon
Grenoble
Angers
Lens
Toulouse
Paris
Chalons
Caen
